They Say, I Say

They Say, I Say

The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing

Poll

Do you think ACES paragraph writing is more like inductive reasoning or deductive reasoning?

• Deductive Reasoning

• Inductive Reasoning

Multiple Choice

Which is more effective?

• "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe is a mystery because it contains crime, suspense, and justice. For example, "One of the neighbors had heard the old man’s cry and had called the police; these three had come to ask questions and to search the house” (Poe 1).

• The short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe is a mystery because it contains evil. For example, police come to the narrator's door after neighbors report hearing a suspicious sound.

B is the correct answer because...

Sometimes you don't need to quote the text! Sometimes you can paraphrase (or put it in your own words).

The sentence starter "For example" doesn't always work. If you use this sentence starter, re-read your entire paragraph before deciding if it works. What is it an example of? Where is the quote coming from? For example is better as a transition word than as a quote introduction.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following templates explains why an argument matters?

• Although some readers may object

  to __

• In other words, X believes __

• If we are right about __, then major

  consequences follow for __.

• In discussions of X, one

  controversial issue has been __

Multiple Select

Which of the following verbs can be used when making a claim?

• demands

• suggests

• challenges

• confirms

Multiple Choice

Which of the following transition words signals a summary/conclusion?

• Also

• Therefore

• Similarly

• Consequently